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Here’s What Happened Today: Sunday

Woman charged over Limerick murder, refugee screening and Sean Penn meets ‘El Chapo’.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

IMG_7702 A 12-year-old boxer called Hooch was today rescued by Howth Coast Guard after becoming stuck at the bottom of a cliff. Howth Coast Guard Howth Coast Guard

WORLD

India International Kite Festival An Indonesian kite flyer prepares to fly her kite on the opening day of the International Kite Festival in India. Ajit Solanki Ajit Solanki

#DRUG LORD: It emerged that US actor Sean Penn secretly met with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman for an interview before the drug kingpin’s capture.

#B-52: The US has flown a heavy bomber over South Korea in a show of force following North Korea’s nuclear test.

#INFANT EXAMS: All British parents will be encouraged to take government-run parenting classes under plans to be announced by Prime Minister David Cameron.

#POWERBALL: After last night’s record jackpot wasn’t won, the US Powerball lottery has risen to a whopping $1.3 billion (€1.19bn).

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

On an American road trip, Stephen Marche enters the fray with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in Iowa and gets a view of the campaign trail from the perspective of his whiteness. (The Guardian)

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